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Japan was magical. Coming home? Not so much. 😂🇯🇵

Third morning in a row being woken up before 4 AM by a tiny human who apparently still operates on Tokyo time.

Send coffee. And melatonin for my sanity. ☕️😭

#Japan #MomLife #jetlag #SingleMomLife #sendhelp

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